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Healthcare
ColDays is an event organized by the French Association of Cold (Association Française du Froid - AFF) in
response to an information request by those involved in the logistics of
heat-sensitive products. Sofrigam, a long-standing partner and sponsor of the
event, is waiting for you on 22 and 23 November in Lyon, with its products and
experts who will hold high value-added conferences.

Professional congress for the cold chain of
healthcare products

A
major exhibition, by and for cold chain professionals

Between regulations, product integrity, security and
risk management, the transportation of
medicines via the cold chain is more than ever before a challenge for
everybody involved in the healthcare industry.

Healthcare ColDays, are two days of conferences managed
by experts in refrigeration, healthcare, pharmacy, transport, qualification and
certification of equipment and regulations. The purpose is to
stay informed about standard and regulatory requirements, technologies and
equipment for storage and transport and means for
managing, securing and tracing healthcare products.

The core
subjects of healthcare logistics will be discussed by players recognized in
their field of expertise: maintaining the medicine cold chain in order to guarantee
the integrity of patient care, regulation, standardization,
certification of equipment for storing and transporting heat-sensitive
healthcare products, environmental requirements for refrigeration units for pharmacies
and healthcare, etc.

In order to guarantee an acceptable level of quality
and security for temperature-controlled containers, regulations and standards and even guides for good practice have
been established by various bodies in different countries.

With different statutes, the analytical and test norms and standards provide
protocols and methods to characterize the boxes and verify their ability
to maintain the heat-sensitive products within
a required temperature range.
The conference concerns the comparison of qualification benchmarks for the
thermal efficiency of temperature-controlled boxes intended for healthcare
products. The analysis is based on the most
significant parameters and criteria: demands on the equipment, test load, temperature
profiles, number and arrangement of temperature sensors, as
well as the interpretation and conformity of results.

Every year, more than 5
million insulated packaging solutions are used in France by medicine companies,
logisticians and healthcare establishments. Most of these packaging solutions
are only used once. There are then tons of waste to be managed, which has
financial and environmental repercussions. Reusable refrigerated packaging is a solution for the future to minimize
the environmental impact of transporting healthcare products via the cold chain.

As a guarantor for the integrity
of shipped healthcare products, the packaging solution must ensure their
security. Yet today, there are no standards or regulations which determine the conditions validating the reuse of a refrigerated packaging solution and
its accessories.
What criteria confirm that a packaging solution is reusable and responds to the
requirements for complying with the cold chain even after single use? How can
we ensure that it responds to the conditions of initial qualification? This
conference aims to explore the reasons for the popularity of ‘Reuse’ whilst
objectively analysing its strengths and weaknesses.

Our products: ideally
suited to respond to the requirements of the cold chain of healthcare products

Sofrigam is a long-standing partner of Healthcare
ColDays.

As sponsor, it will present its new range of 2016 products. Among them, Initial cooling bagsand Initial Cooling boxes, a range designed
to secure the transportation of pharmaceutical products and
optimize logistical costs. In fact, it benefits from an original concept of
all-in-one solutions: a packaging solution with several combinations to suit the
requirements in terms of duration.

The new semi-active iBox, a
connected insulated box with on-board electronics, will also be
presented at the exhibition. The iBox combines self-regulation temperature technology
with a traceability system: essential for transportation under high security.